Fire-igniter



H. PIERCE. FIRE IGNITER.

APPLICATION FILED :uuz I6, 1920.

1,367,498. v Patented Feb. 1,1921.

W/ V I W/T E8 INVENTOR W #172010 Phran'rrbm/srs I UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HAROLD PIERCE, or PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS.

FIRE-IGNITER.

Application filed June 16, 1920. Serial No. 389,525.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HAROLD PIERCE, a citizenof the United States, .and a resident of Paragould,- in the. county ofGreene and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and ImprovedFire-Igniter, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in fire igniters, an object ofthe invention being to provide an improved mechanism for igniting firesat a distance.

A further object is to provide an improved type of trigger operatedmatch lighter which may be placed at the point where the fire is to belighted and controlled by an operator who is some distance away.

A further object is to provide a device of this type which will bepractical and durable in use and which may be manufactured and sold at arelatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fire igniter. I

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a similar viewwith the trigger cocked.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 1 rep resents a base and 2 a pairof standards secured to the base and secured together at their upperends by a cross beam 3. A rod 4 is mounted in the uprights transverselyof the base below the beam 3. A tubular arm 5 is flattened andperforated at one end as shown at 6, and has pivotal mounting on the rod4. A coiled spring 7 is positioned around the rod 4 between the arm 5and one of the standards 2 and hasits ends secured to the arm andstandard respectively. The torsion of the spring 7 normally holds thearm 5 in horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A relativelylong finger 8 is located in the arm and has an eye 1O at its inner endlocated around the rod 4 and has its free end 9 projecting from the armand laterally offset therefrom. The arm 5 is of sufficient internaldiameter to conveniently accommodate the stem of an ordinary match 10,and the finger 8 aids in retaining the match in the arm.

A block of wood or other suitable material 11 is located atone end ofthe base and presents a concavely curved face to the end of the match10. Sand paper, or similar material 20 presenting a friction surface tothe match is secured to the curved face of the block 11.

An angle plate 12 is hingedly' secured to the base 1 directly under therod 4 by means of a staple 13. The plate 12 is free to turn 1n thestaple-13 so that either end of the plate may be in an upright position,but a pin 14 secured in the base cooperates with a perforation 15 in theangle plate to limit the movement of the plate 12 within the staple l3and prevent the removal of the plate from the staple.

A trigger 16 is pivotally mounted adjacent its center on a pin 17secured to base 1, and is of sufiicient length to engage over the longerend of the plate 12 when in set position. A flexible device 18 has oneend secured to the tri ger and passed under a staple 19 or a similarguiding device in the base. The free end of the flexible device may belocated any desired distance from the combustibles to be burned.

In operation a m tch 10 is positioned in the tubular arm 5. The arm 5 isthen forced into vertical position as shown in Fig. 3. The angle plate12 is swung from the posi tion illustrated in Fig. 2 to the positionillustrated in Fig. 3 with he shorter end of the plate engaging theoffset end 9 of the finger 8. The tri er 16 is then moved over thelonger end of the plate 12 so that the device is in a set or cockedposition, illustrated in Fig. 3. When the flexible d vice 18 is pulledto swing the trig er 16 off the angle plate 12 the arm 5 will bereleased and the torsion of the spring 7 will swing the arm 5 and match10 upwardly scraping the head of the match against the rough surface 20on the block 11 and lighting the match.

'While I have illustrated a preferred embodimeni of my invention it isapparent that various slight changes and alterations might be made inthe general form of the parts described without departing from mvinvention and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details setforth. but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A device of the character stated comprising a base, a frame securedto the base, a horizontal rod fixed to the frame, a hollow matchcarrying arm pivotally mounted at one end on the rod, an angular fingerprojecting through the hollow arm and extending beyond the free end ofthe arm and pivotally mounted on the rod, a block fixed to the base andpresenting a concavelv curved friction surface to the head of a matchwhen the latter is in the hollow arm and moved thereby, a torsion springnormally maintaining the arm in horizontal position, and means engagingthe finger for retaining the arm in vertical or set position against thetorsion of the spring.

7 2. A device of the character stated comprising a base, a frame securedto the base, a horizontal rod fixed to the frame, a 1101 memes low matchcarrying arm pivotally mounted at one end on the rod, an angular fingerprojecting through the hollow arm and ex tending beyond the use end ofthe arm and pivotally mounted on the rod, a block fixed. to the base andpresenting a concavely curved friction surface to the head of a matchwhen the latter is located in the 1101 low arm and moved thereby, atorsion spring around the rod normally maintaining the arm in horizontalposition, means engageable with the finger for retaining the arm invertical position against the torsion of the spring, said meanscomprising an angle plate hingedly mounted at its intermediate portionon the base and located directly below the pivoted end of the arm, saidplate adapted to engage the free end of the finger, and a triggercomprising a plate pivoted adjacent its center to turn on the base andslidably movable over one portion of the angle plate to removably lockthe arm in vertical position.

HAROLD PIERCE.

